Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Fieldwork, Polities, and Modernity in China 1
5. PART I. An Ethnography of Micropolitics in a Socialist Setting
6. 1. Guanxi Dialects and Vocabulary 49
7. 2. The Scope and Use-Contexts of Guanxi 75
8. 3. The "Art" in Guanxixue: Ethics, Tactics, and Etiquette 109
9. 4. On the Recent Past of Guanxixue: Traditional Forms and Historical (Re-)Emergence 146
10. PART II. THEORETICAL FORMULATIONS
11. 5. The Political Economy of Gift Relations 177
12. 6. "Using the Past to Negate the Present": Ritual Ethics and In State Rationality in Ancient China 209
13. 7. The Cult of Mao, Guanxi Subjects, and the Return of the Individual 245
14. 8. Rhizomatic Networks and the Fabric of an Emerging Minjian in China 287
15. Conclusion: Back to the Source 312
16. Glossary 323
17. Chinese and Japanese Bibliography 334
18. English Bibliography 341
19. Index 361